10 Comics Superheroes With The Best Motivations

8. Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is not just one of DC's best characters, but one of the greatest superheroes of all time.

Princess Diana of Themyscira hails from an island populated by the Amazons, a reclusive people who've existed since the gods of Ancient Greece roamed the Earth, and yet she can't help but be drawn to the outside world.

When US Air Force pilot Steve Trevor crash lands on Themyscira, Diana embarks on a quest to see "man's world" and eventually becomes so embroiled in the outside world that she becomes the island's legal representative to the US. All throughout, Diana always believes in humanity's potential, championing peace while brandishing her weapons to take on those who'd seek to cause harm against those in need.

She's a warrior, a princess, and one beholden to the values of truth, justice and pacificism. It makes Wonder Woman a uniquely interesting figure in DC's pantheon of heroes, not just as the publisher's fiercest combatant, but as its biggest champion for heroism in general.